Enzo A. Palombo

TL;DR: This chapter describes an untargeted (nontargeted) metabolomics workflow using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for characterizing three globally important foodborne pathogens, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella enterica, from selective enrichment liquid culture media.

TL;DR: There is a world-wide quest for development of new-generation antibiotics, due to the emergence of microbial pathogens that have developed resistance to the currently available antibiotics, and the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a strong candidate due to minimal possibilities of emergence of resistance against these.

TL;DR: Gene 1 (which encodes the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, VP1) of an atypical human reassortant rotavirus strain, E210 (serotype G2P1B), is unrelated to genes 1 of standard human rotaviruses and hybridization analysis indicated that a related gene was found among other Australian G2 isolates and in a Japanese strain isolated in the 1970s.

TL;DR: Observations suggested that pore formation, as opposed to complete dissolution of membrane, was responsible for the leakage of contents in these systems, and that the bacterial membrane has an adaptive capacity that resists peptide attack.

TL;DR: It was discovered that simulated blood plasma had a stabilising effect on the particles, as did simulated saliva and intestinal fluid, which was due to hydration forces, facilitated by the presence of hydrated cations.